According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture survey, 8,000 farms have installed solar systems to power up using renewable energy.
Daryl Guentzel, a farmer in Mankato Minnesota, will be installing an 84 panel solar system on his farm. The total cost of the array is $134,000, however, Guentzel was able to secure a federal government grant, and a $45,000 grant from Xcel Energy to help cut the cost down to virtually zero.
Guentzel, is the first farmer in Mankato to adopt the green technology. But since he's looking at projected electricity savings of $3,500- $3,700 a year, he will likely not be the last to capitalize on this opportunity.
Read the full article by Brian Onjapa in the Mankato Free Press; Farmer warms up to solar energy.
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